Snippet #2644647

Hex: #337755 || Power: Telekinesis || Location: Out on property grounds

His feet hit the pavement hard with each step. His heel touched down, then his toes followed, then his entire foot was off the ground as the other foot followed its steps. His breathing was centered and his eyes focused on the road ahead of him. The beads of sweat that dripped down his forehead, narrowly escaping his eyes, hit the ground with each pounding step. He ran with no destination. Miles of land lay ahead of him and he planned on running most of it. Liam ran to escape the world around him. He was an escapist in this way. He didn’t like confronting people, or his problems, so instead he ran to clear his mind. He tried his best to stay in shape and to keep his training up. He started training with his parents and grandmother at a young age and as he got older, he didn’t slow down. He always brought Alex along because he felt that without him, she wouldn’t do anything.

He slowed his run to a jog and occasionally peeked over his shoulder to see if Alex was keeping up. He’d slow down to her pace and jog next to her until she sped up a little. And when her pace stayed the same, he’d get behind her and push a little. Alex would complain every time. “Liam, cut it out!” Liam would stop pushing at her back and jog beside her again. “Well if you hurried the hell up, I wouldn’t have to push you everywhere, Alex!” Alex would huff and puff at Liam, but to him it made no difference what the hell was coming out of her mouth. He just wanted her to be properly trained. Liam ran ahead of Alex and called back out to her. “Let’s go Alex. Pick it up.”

Hex: #993355 || Power: Metamorphing || Location: Out on property grounds

Alex groaned as her brother called out to her, she groaned when he slowed down, and she groaned when he’d push her to make her go faster. Alex was starting to think that all the words in her vocabulary were escaping her and she was only able to make sounds like cavemen once did. She understood that she needed the training and that was why she was in the stupid place to begin with but it frustrated her that Liam was always the one doing the training with her, during her personal hours nonetheless. She wanted to have time for herself. She didn’t want to be stuck with her brother running, she wanted to train her power. She wanted to do what she wanted to do. She wanted to hang out with her friends instead.

Alex jogged slowly behind Liam and when he finally came to a stop, she walked the rest of the way to him. She wasn’t as intense in her training as Liam was, and she was sure that this was the reason Liam had no friends. “Are we done yet?” Liam rolled his eyes at his sister but nodded his head as well. “Yeah dumbass, we’re done. You know, you’re going to have to be able to catch up one day. It’s gonna cost you if you don’t get it together.” Now it was Alex’s turn to roll her eyes. She didn’t respond to her brother. Instead, she turned away from him and started heading back to the building so she could shower and do something other than train with Liam.